Windows PowerShell™ 3.0 Step by Step

Chapter 15. Working with Active Directory

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Make a connection to Active Directory.

• Understand the use of ADSI providers.

• Understand how to work with Active Directory namespaces.

• Create organizational units in Active Directory.

• Create users in Active Directory.

• Create groups in Active Directory.

• Modify both users and groups in Active Directory.

Creating objects in Active Directory

Network management in the Microsoft Windows world begins and ends with Active Directory. This chapter will cover the user life cycle from a scripting and Active Directory perspective. You will learn how to create organizational units (OUs), users, groups, and computer accounts. The chapter will then describe how to modify the users ...